Aged care providers call for mandatory dementia education

19/02/2019|1min

Aged care providers will today push for mandatory dementia education for workers as they appear at the royal commission into the sector.
There are growing calls for workers’ skills to meet complex care needs with more than 50 per cent of people in care being diagnosed with dementia.
Dementia Australia’s Chief Executive Maree McCabe says a minimum level of specific training should be a prerequisite.